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Even though Drive seldom commanded at the front lines, under his administration the Infrastructural Army laid waste to the Warlords of the Coldlands over a period of two decades. He oversaw various programs, the introduction of tactics, the construction of garrisons and organizing and leading major campaigns on a large scale. He impressed everyone with his methodical. He gradually modified and improved on his body, improving its armor (which included having a Cuirass inscribed with runes by dwarves) and power cells. Unlike a few others Survivors Drive did not adopt a more human face, seeing it as a waste of time. In any case, from what he gathered from Supernova and his own observations, they found that image to be fitting to the way he commanded. Calculating, precise, measured, methodical and well planned. As the natives put it, while the Committee was generally willing to use the carrot to meet their ends, he was used when the situation distinctly called for the Stick. Drive had little interest in Humans beyond how to make those under his into as effective a fighting force as possible and how to defeat those who stood in the way of the Committee's long term plans. He thought that this would distance him from them, but he was surprised to find out that much of his army respected him for this attitude. In any case, he knew that soon his job would soon become a whole lot simpler.

By 21IA, Infrastructure had extended itself over most of the Coldlands, from the Dragon spine Mountains to the frontiers of the western civilizations. Over two million square kilometers of territory claimed (admittedly much of it still loosely administrated, sparsely inhabited, uninhabited, inhabited only by Wildspawn, untamed woodlands, bogs and similar). That said they had to face two of the most formidable holdouts. The cities of Daggsgrad and Borogskov, better known as the Black Ports.

Located on the shores of the Northern Gulf, these settlements were by far the largest in the Coldlands before the growth of Dalatyr. Also by Coldland standards, they were fairly advanced by virtue of keeping in touch. They were major trading ports for goods coming in and out of the Coldlands. Unlike the overland routes, much of the business that happened there was related to the slave trade. Warlords would unload captives on merchants who engaged in this business, who would pass them onto slave caravans who would go north to Daggsgrad and Borogskov to sell them to crown owned slave depots, who would finally sell them to maritime slave traders (mostly Dark Elves). At least this was the case until Infrastructure expanded and unilaterally outlawed slavery and the slave trade in 11IA. Doing so provided Infrastructure with a large number of loyal workers, was a propaganda boom, was on the whole useful in future political dealings with most of the nations to the west and provided the mines with a decent number of detentional laborers.

In any case this move clearly had its effect. The two cities had taken a major economic hit from this and had been preparing for the coming assault. They struck an alliance between themselves and managed to rally a few neighboring warlords to their cause, while bracing themselves for the coming storm. It was clear that a considerable amount of force would need to be brought to bear against this target.

Drive came up with his plan for the coming battle and brought in a number of his senior most staff for the coming invasion. Among them being Sven and Petrov, two of the longest serving and most respected soldiers in the Infrastructural Army. A force of over eight thousand men was to be deployed. He laid out his plan for the assault, of the movement of troops and the securing of supplies. A few special preparations were effected. Some aspects were quite unusual, especially one of Petrov's tasks latter on and the forces that had been raised there were definitely a step above their usual foes, but never the less they were willing to do their duty and even Drive knew that they were looking forward to a final end to these wars.

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Even though Drive seldom commanded at the front lines, under his administration the Infrastructural Army laid waste to the Warlords of the Coldlands over a period of two decades. He oversaw various programs, the introduction of tactics, the construction of garrisons and organizing and leading major campaigns on a large scale. He impressed everyone with his methodical. He gradually modified and improved on his body, improving its armor (which included having a Cuirass inscribed with runes by dwarves) and power cells. Unlike a few others Survivors Drive did not adopt a more human face, seeing it as a waste of time. In any case, from what he gathered from Supernova and his own observations, they found that image to be fitting to the way he commanded. Calculating, precise, measured, methodical and well planned. As the natives put it, while the Committee was generally willing to use the carrot to meet their ends, he was used when the situation distinctly called for the Stick. Drive had little interest in Humans beyond how to make those under his into as effective a fighting force as possible and how to defeat those who stood in the way of the Committee's long term plans. He thought that this would distance him from them, but he was surprised to find out that much of his army respected him for this attitude. In any case, he knew that soon his job would soon become a whole lot simpler.

By 21IA, Infrastructure had extended itself over most of the Coldlands, from the Dragon spine Mountains to the frontiers of the western civilizations. Over two million square kilometers of territory claimed (admittedly much of it still loosely administrated, sparsely inhabited, uninhabited, inhabited only by Wildspawn, untamed woodlands, bogs and similar). That said they had to face two of the most formidable holdouts. The cities of Daggsgrad and Borogskov, better known as the Black Ports.

Located on the shores of the Northern Gulf, these settlements were by far the largest in the Coldlands before the growth of Dalatyr. Also by Coldland standards, they were fairly advanced by virtue of keeping in touch. They were major trading ports for goods coming in and out of the Coldlands. Unlike the overland routes, much of the business that happened there was related to the slave trade. Warlords would unload captives on merchants who engaged in this business, who would pass them onto slave caravans who would go north to Daggsgrad and Borogskov to sell them to crown owned slave depots, who would finally sell them to maritime slave traders (mostly Dark Elves). At least this was the case until Infrastructure expanded and unilaterally outlawed slavery and the slave trade in 11IA. Doing so provided Infrastructure with a large number of loyal workers, was a propaganda boom, was on the whole useful in future political dealings with most of the nations to the west and provided the mines with a decent number of detentional laborers.

In any case this move clearly had its effect. The two cities had taken a major economic hit from this and had been preparing for the coming assault. They struck an alliance between themselves and managed to rally a few neighboring warlords to their cause, while bracing themselves for the coming storm. It was clear that a considerable amount of force would need to be brought to bear against this target.

Drive came up with his plan for the coming battle and brought in a number of his senior most staff for the coming invasion. Among them being Sven and Petrov, two of the longest serving and most respected soldiers in the Infrastructural Army. A force of over eight thousand men was to be deployed. He laid out his plan for the assault, of the movement of troops and the securing of supplies. A few special preparations were effected. Some aspects were quite unusual, especially one of Petrov's tasks latter on and the forces that had been raised there were definitely a step above their usual foes, but never the less they were willing to do their duty and even Drive knew that they were looking forward to a final end to these wars.

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